The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-10-20
THE OLD NORTH STATE.
PERSONS AND THINGS THROUGHOUT
NORTH CAROLINA

"a
Interesting Topics Gathered from The
RentinePs Exchanges, and Boiled ID own
for Its Busy Readers.
The State Fair to day.
The festive street car mule of Dur
ham now resides under tin covered
stable.
Mr.. P. B. Cox, son of Gen'l w. r.
Cox, has gone to New York to attend
medical lectures
Charlotte's water works ARE rot sat
isfactory and the town refuses to re-
ceive them.
Henderson is to have a bonded to-
5aceo warehouse with capacity of
5000 hogsheads.
Two presentations of Little Ty-
COON in Raleigh last week netted St.
Johns Hospital $464
Tue Confederate dead, at Wilson
have been moved from the old ceme-
rery to maple wood"
The n. C. Baptist Convention will
be held in Durham on Nov. 10Th,
Rev. T. c. Bailey presiding.
u. Green who was tried at Char
lotte last week for burglary of Mr.. w.
j. Yates residence was acquitted.
Mr.. @. e. Borden succeeds Col.
Graf1in as Superintendent Of the Ma
vassa Guano Works at Wilmington.
Carroll county, Va, has voted a
100000 subscription to the extension
Of the G. F. & Y. V. r. R. beyond
Mt. Airy.
Tarboro opened up 100000 hotel
last Friday with all elegant banquet
and reception. The Winston Italian
band furnished the music.
Richmond Pea rson, Esq, of Ashe-
vile, has gone to Europe. He will
return next spring and rumor has ii
that he..will try to go to Congress.
A committee of Raleigh business
'nen is negotiating with the Whining
Lon and Weldon railroad to secare tie
.xtensi of the Nashville braEcl "a
! thar citv Thc bjoc5 IL 10 BE- inGe
pendent 81 the Raleigh and CASTOR
road.
A distinguished gentleman spent
Monday night in Kinston at Mr. d
Oettinger's-Hon. Simon Wolf, OF
Washington City, formerly Recorder
OF Deeds at Washington and lately
Consul General to Egypt. He is re
puted to be fine speaker.
The Light House Board has order
ed the placing of gas buoy off Pam
lico, to take the place of the light a
that point, which was discontinued be
cause of the unsafety of the tower
Efforts were made at the last two ses
sions of Congress to secure provision
Tor a new light, but without success.
| The Salisbury Watchman copieI
from the Glasgow, Scotland, Herald
Of Sept II, the following:
Married: BY especial license, OF
the 18th inst, Capt. William III. wi
ley, of Salisbury, U. S. A, to Marion
Easton, younger daughter of Andres
Patterson, Esq, sMerryfeld, Cath
cart.
The Missouri School Journal 70
October contains the following: Prof
u. B. Henry, of the North Caroiin
University, than whom no one is bet
ter known i'll Southeast Missouri AM
we may say in Missouri, has accepte'
an invitation to deliver an address a
the State Association next June.
Mr.. James Rhew, widower fror
Vest Durham county and Miss Id
Clements, the eighteen year oil
daughter of Mr.. Peyton Clements wer
clandestinely married at the resideuc
Of Squire Wikerson, at Bragtowr
, Sunday Mr.. Clements hunted 70
:, his SON in-law with a shot gun an
said he wanted blood. Re
corder.
7 The many friends of Mr.. De Lag
: mel Haigh, formerly of Fayetteville
. ". c., and now of st. Louis, Mo
1 would rejoice to see him called bac
10 his native State to fill TIE plac
: wade vacant by DR.. Dabney's resig
. nation, and the Recorder knows of n
4 better selection that could be made b
the State Board of Agriculture
Durham Plant.
Captain Ellis, of the Salvation Al
my, was married last night to femal
Of the army who came all the wa
from Augusta to be made Mrs. Capt
! Ellis. The ceremony was performe
= 1T the Academy of Music, and an ad
:, lnittance fee of fifteen cents was char
red. The crowd rushed in, and ha
the privilege of seeing very ordin;
+ ry looking man married to very O.
:, binary looking woman. Before tn
crowd got out the hat was passe
around twice, and it was bombarde
= With shot from the size Of coppe
! cent to q nicbei.-Chnr}0tte Chronic!
e The mammoth las pound sssquasl
recently referred to in the Gtize
i grown by Mr.. Green, of Haywoo
/. reached the city by express yesterda,
is consigned to the editor of the Citt=e
l. 1t will be on exhibition for a few da,
in the window of Powell & Snider
p where all are invited to call and see
ID 1t is to be presented TO Mrs. Clevelan
ps as a sample product of Western Ca
to olina, to be taken home with her
her fine Jersey cow recently presents
ID her by Hon. George Washingtc
at Childs, A. M, editor of the Philad
IL phia Ledger. The gentleman w
n raised the squash specially desil
oe that Mrs. Cleveland shall have it, a
he shall be gratifed--Asheviue Citiz.